I guess I promised, Baird!

So I can't post new work, per se.  I am working on a new project, but I'm not even at the point where I'm scanning imagery.  Still photographing, thinking, photographing, feeling, photographing, etc.  And with Off Broadway I'm at the most difficult spot:  what fits with what and how?  what of my favorite stuff ain't gonna make the cut?  etc.

Following are five images that I've grouped together.  Contrary to my normal way of assembling, I've decided to try making color the thread which most distinctly ties these particular images.  

The first image should serve to demonstrate--if only barely!--the effect these images may have as a group on a wall.

You're up, Bairdness.  Let's see some more!  I like what I see so far...

Newest Project

So I wasn't going to put up any new pictures...because I told Shane I would put some up when he did...I know, I'm a brat...but I will put a preview of what I am doing and hope Shane will give us some fun stuff to see as well:-)

I have used photography recently as my outlet, like I used to. I have been going through some crazy changing times, good and bad, and I have needed something to ground me and balance me out, and I turned to my photos as I always seem to do...

It is a project that I truly feel something for...Not that I truly relate to it myself, but I am engrossing myself into learning things about it. I decided I wanted to work outside of my comfort zone and learn about other people...I love conversing with people and hearing stories about why they have done things...I drink up asking people questions and learning about them, even though I may never see them again. I feel like I can make "friends" anywhere I go, as long as I converse with them as if this is not the first time we are meeting, but just catching up. I guess you could say I "shmooze" a bit...my dad IS a salesman, and says that's how he get's customers, so maybe that's where I pick it up. However, he and I also share the common trait of LOVING when people are happy and we can please them. We may "shmooze", but we enjoy the outcome if it brings happiness. For instance...telling a woman at a toll booth "Happy Mother's Day," even if they may not be a mother, or they are, can make a load of difference to that person. I thrive off of that feeling. That is why I love my job...I can use my passion for photography to give people memories and things that will always make them happy.

Anyway...I decided to look for an outlet to help me with that. I wanted to do one that I wasn't originally passionate about, or knew a lot about, so i decided to try sports. I am not a big sports person, so I thought, why not learn more about it, and the passion and pain athletes feel... So I have followed a couple athletes in different sports and learned about them and asked them if I can photography them during all fazes of their sport... So we shall see....

"On average we have maybe 50 to 60 years on this planet. And we probably have 20 years when we're a vital presence, when you can actually do something with your life. So what are you going to do with that time? Are you gonna enjoy it? Not get involved? Or are you gonna try and do something to make some other peoples' lives better than they are, even if it means going through hell? Even if those people don't even appreciate what you're trying to do. Even if you're not sure yourself that what you're doing is going to make any bit of difference." -Eddie Vedder (out of context it's lovely, within context it's more lovely- check it).